Apple sent invites to the event Tuesday, with the shadow from the number “12” forming the number “5” – an obvious reference to the next generation of the company’s popular smartphone.

What new features will be found on the new phone? Here’s a quick run down. Unlike the third generation iPad, which Apple surprisingly named “the new iPad” rather than iPad 3, the invite essentially confirms that the next iPhone will be called the iPhone 5.

Tamara Chuang covers personal technology and local tech news for The Denver Post. She previously spent 10 years doing the same thing for The Orange County Register before taking a hiatus to move here and become a SAHM to a precocious toddler.